Study it in the app“When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me too, my father!””
WhenכִּEsauעֵשָׂוheardשְׁמֹעַthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof his father,אָבִיוhe cried outוַיִּצְעַקwith a greatגְּדֹלָהand exceedinglyעַד מְאֹדbitterוּמָרָהcry,צְעָקָהand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his father,לְאָבִיו“Bless me,בָּרֲכֵנִיmeאָנִיtoo,גַםmy father!”אָבִי
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “yitsak” appearsloud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gedola” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsbitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mara” appearsoutcry
Outcry, cry of distress.
Where else “tseaka” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “barache” appears33Isaac trembled with a great trembling, exceedingly, and said, “Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of all before you came, and I blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed.”
34 · This verse (above)
35He said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.”
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?
